Display rack for coats, costumes, and the like



Feb.26,1929. 1,703,601

S. P. SHIPWAY DISPLAY RACK FOR COATS, COSTUMES, AND IHELIKE Filed April21. 1926 42w v M5 Patented F eb. 26, 1929.

; UNITED? STATES PATENT orFic-E.

STEPHEN PHILIP SHIIWAY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WHITIBYSLIMITED, A COMPANY OF GREAT BIELI'ILAI-h'l. r f I DISPLAY RACK FORCOATS, COSTUMES, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 21, 1926, Serial No. 103,494, and in GreatBritain June 12,1925.

This invention relates to an improved display rack for coats, mantles,costumes and the like. Racks for carrying a number of coats, costumesand the like in showrooms require to be of considerable strength, forthey carry a considerable weight and are required to be moved about andturned, so that. the

rack is often submitted to strains which tend to loosen the structureunless it is strongly built.

The object of the present invention is to provide a rack which, whilebeing'light and easily moved about, will-havefew or no joints andconsequently great rigidity, which will afford a maximum clear spacewithin the rack for the objects which it is to carry and will itselfform little or no obstruction to the view in the showroom.

According to the present invention the body of the rack is built of twopieces of strong metal tubing, the one bent into a U- shape and theother in the formof a straight tube connected between the ends of the U,thus forming the upper part of the rack on which the articles to bedisplayed are hung. The lower corners of the rack 'which are bent roundstrongly brace the rack. The rack stands on castors carriedby metaltubular.

Fig. 1 being a side elevation of a complete rack.

Fig. 2 an end elevation of Fig; 1 and Figs. 3 and l enlarged viewsillustrating one method of connecting the cross bar be tween theuprights.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the body portion of the'rackis formed of a single U-shaped bent metal tube a, of solid" drawn steeltubing, between the ends of which is welded a straighttube b of the samemate rial butof slightly less diameter.

structure.

On each side of the upright'parts of the vory littleobstruction to theview.

tom of the rack may be only an inch or two ed view over it.

The bends 1 0, c of the body portion strongly brace the I shapedformation, a horizontal portion, two

frame are Welded solid drawn steel tubular members, (Z, (Z carrying thecastors e, e which preferably have ball bearings both on theirhorizontal and vertical axes.

' The upper ends ofthe upright parts of the frame carry ornamental knobsf, 7.

Alternatively, the cross bar b instead of being welded to the uprightsof U-shaped member a may be welded toshort sleeves 9 (Fig. 3) which fittightly over members it of reduced diameter provided at the upper endsof the uprights a. The members b. may be formed by reducingthe diameterof the uprights themselves, but in the preferred form they consist ofshort lengths I of tubing screwed or fitted tightly within the ends ofthe uprights and secured therein by means of pins 2' for example. Thesleeves g at the ends of the cross bar I) fit over the members it butthe extent to which the latter enter the sleeves g is'kept less than thelength of the sleeves, to permit the insertion of members la, carryingthe ornamental knobs f, in the upper ends ofthe sleeves.

the supporting sleeves can be more easily cffected and the cross bar andthe attached sleeves can be plated before assembly toconceal the weldedjoint. 7 I lVith a costume rack made as above described there is aperfectly free spacewithin the rack and this free space is bounded witha framework which itself occupies a minimum amountof space so as to formbut The hotfrom the ground and since the tubing of the frame is onlyabout 1 inch in diameter the objects-hung on the frame may reach towithin a-small distance of the floor, so that the top of the rack neednot be more than about 5 feet from the ground and will leave anunobstruct- From the side also the rack offers little or no obstructionto the view.

The rack is exceptionally light having re gard to its strength and cantherefore be eas ily moved about.

I claim:

A display rack for coats, costumes and the like, comprising, in acontinuous tubular U- vertica-l portions and curved portions ofrelativel lar 'e radius between said horizontal )ortim members so 1'0ortioned that the u D a u v e b l e I u portlon and stud vertlcalportlons, a honzonsald honzontal pox-U011 W111 he clesely ad atal barsecured to the upper ends of the vercent to the floor. V 1O tlcalportlons, and su-pportlng members se- In testnnony Whereot 1. haveslgned my 5 cured to and flanking the lower ends of the name to thisspecification.

vertieal portions approximate theirpoints of v I joinder With the curvedportions, said sup- STEPHEN PHKLIP' SHIPWVAY.

